Very interesting tradition of the Amish wedding dress. My great-grandmother was a Seminole and they had different tradition. If you look at the woman on the left in the photo I've linked you'll see that she wears a large collection of bead necklaces. Upon birth a Seminole female would receive a bead necklace, and over the years she'd add more necklaces. At middle age she would start removing them one by one until at her death she would be left with the original necklace she received at her birth. Seminoles also had their own version of the birthing room. If a death occurred in the confines of their village the would abandon the village and find a new spot to set up camp. Infant mortality was quite high in those times and in order to keep from moving constantly they would set up a small shelter just outside the boundaries of the village as a birthing shelter. Here is a link that might be useful: Seminole Women boiling cane sugar

From a website called "Friendship Poems" : Two Souls, One Voice by Paulus although two souls are meeting there is but one voice capturing the moment captivating and controlling the thoughts, actions, words leading the way for conscious desire and decisive emotion stories and daily goings- on are frequently passed between the one voice and the intermixed beings creating a warm happiness a sense of belonging an aura of completeness a comfortable existence time, a distant memory fading in and fading out, its power and autonomy fall on blissfully ignorant, yet distinctly aware, ears - focused and true with the quantity of well spent hours adding up and summarizing the feelings and beliefs shared and opposed, comes an ability to confide and uphold moments, eternities abundant with understanding.

Here's another one : www.joliebarbie.com

CherryFizz, I watch H&I pretty regularly as well :-) But when I was married I was pretty much force fed all the Star Trek shows....and Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, Babylon 5, etc., etc., etc......so those I now avoid. But I like the other cop shows - NYPD Blues, Nash Bridges. Monk, Jag and The District. And West Wing is available on Netflix, if you get that. I re-watch the entire series every now and again. IMO, one of the best shows to ever appear on TV!!